Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:15:
- Kupsabiny: “But I am very angry over the communities who believe they are safe/at peace. Surely, I am a little angry with the people of Israel, but those communities have punished the people of Israel too much.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But I am very angry with the nations who are living safely and peacefully. I was just a little angry with my people, but those nations I used to punish them acted too severely.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but I (am) very angry with the nations who are- just -taking-it-easy/relaxing. Before/in-the-past my anger toward them was- not -intense, but they stoked-the-fire/(meaning: they made my anger grow).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little bit angry with the people of Judah, but he is very angry with the surrounding nations because they caused the people of Judah to experience complete disaster.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:16:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I God is saying, that I will have compassion with Jerusalem. My House shall be built there for me to be renewed and also Jerusalem shall be built and renewed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So I have returned to Jerusalem to show my compassion. My temple will again be built, the measuring rope will be stretched out over Jerusalem and the city will be rebuilt says the LORD Almighty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore I will-come-back/return to Jerusalem with mercy, and I will-rebuild/[lit. -cause-to-stand] again this city including my temple.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, this is what he says: ‘I will again be merciful to the people of Jerusalem, and they will rebuild my temple. Men will measure all the land in the city before they start rebuilding the houses.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Again proclaim this message that the God of authority is saying, ‘I shall re-establish these cities and again give Zion hope and again choose/appoint Jerusalem to be my city.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Furthermore, also announce: This is what the LORD Almighty says, ‘My cities shall rise again, and the LORD shall again give peace to Zion and shall again choose Jerusalem.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The angel said that I (am) to-tell/proclaim further/still what the LORD Almighty had-said: ‘My towns in Juda will-prosper again. And I will-cause- Zion -to-be-happy again, and I will- again -consider this my chosen city.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Commander of the armies of angels also said this: ‘Tell the people that the people in my towns in Judah will soon be very prosperous again, and I will encourage the people of Jerusalem, and their city will again be my chosen city.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:18:
- Kupsabiny: “I received a revelation to see four horns.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When I looked up I saw four horns.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then I saw the four horns.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I looked up, and I saw in front of me four animal horns.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Then I asked that angel who was speaking to me, ‘What do these horns mean/stand for?’ He answered me, ‘They stand for those communities that scattered the people of Judah, Israel and those of Jerusalem.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I asked the angel who had been talking with me, "What is the meaning of this horn?"
He answered me, "these horns are the nations that have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I asked the angel who was-talking-together with me, ‘What is the meaning of these horns?’ He answered me, ‘These horns (are) the nations that caused-to-scatter the ones from-Israel and from-Juda, including the ones from-Jerusalem.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I asked the angel who had been speaking to me, ‘What are those horns?’
He replied, ‘Those horns represent the armies that forced the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah and Israel to go to other countries.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God showed me four craftsmen.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD showed me the four carpenters.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen/men who make things from metal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 1:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Then I asked, ‘What has these people come to do?’ He answered me, ‘They have come to frighten those communities that fought with the land of Judah and scattered its people. They shall defeat those communities all to be destroyed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I asked, "What are these coming to do?"
He answered me, "These horns scattered the people of Judah, so that no one was able to lift up his head. But the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter its people."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I asked, ‘What are- they -going-to-do?’ He answered, ‘They will-cause- (the horns) to-be-afraid and will-crush/shatter the horns. These horns (are) the nations that destroyed/overthrew the whole of Juda and caused-to-scatter its residents.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I asked, ‘What are those men coming to do?’
He replied, ‘The armies represented by those horns caused the people of Judah to be scattered, with the result that they suffered greatly. But the craftsmen have come to cause those who attacked Judah to be terrified and crushed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 2:1:
- Kupsabiny: “And in another revelation, I saw a man who held a rope used for measuring.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I looked up again, and I saw a man who was holding a measuring rope in his hand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then I saw a man who was holding-in-hand a rope/string for-measuring.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape.” (Source: Translation for Translators)